LGC (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
Company number 03141667 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
LGC (Holdings) Limited operates as the top-tier vehicle for a globally significant life sciences and measurement science group, despite its formal classification as a business support entity. While the holding structure obscures standalone financial metrics, the group's strategic positioning in highly regulated pharma and food assurance markets provides a resilient defensive moat. The company faces the dual challenges of post-pandemic demand normalization and the financial pressures typical of an investment-backed capital structure, but its deep regulatory expertise and international leadership team position it well within the consolidating life sciences tools sector.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1995-12-27
- Registered office
- The Priestley Centre 10 Priestley Road, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, England, GU2 7XY
- Postcode
- GU2 7XY
- Capital
- 352,191 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-12-09
- Next due by
- 2026-12-23
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 29 resigned
Group structure 8 subsidiaries
Controlled by LGC INVESTMENTS LIMITED — since 2016-06-30
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M.B.H.ANALYTICAL LIMITED Dissolved
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PROMOCHEM LIMITED Dissolved
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UNIVERSITY DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5470940 (Tier 1), registered since 2001.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- lgc.co.uk
LGC Group is a global life science‑based organisation delivering measurement science, standards, and assurance solutions across healthcare, pharma, and food sectors.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| FORAY 879 LIMITED | 1996-01-17 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROUND FLOOR, 10 NEWHALL STREET, BIRMINGHAM, B3 3LX | 1996-05-01 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 2,016 similar companies in GU, trading since 1995
The class of 1995
32%
of the 1,674 companies in this sector incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 66% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.